Game apparatus



D. IVI. VHLLER.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25. 1918.

1 ,307,87 1 Patnted June 24, *1919.

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- DAVID-MOBTIMEB MILLER, OIE' BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS.

` Be it known that I, vIavm MoTTMER MILLER, aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of.v Kings and' State of New York, have'invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de` scription;l

The' object of a new4 and improved game apparatus more especially. designed for playing :chess, checkings orming a which similar c ers and like gaines and arranged tok take up very little space and thus permit of conveniently carrying the ap aratus about for use whenever it is desire .to play chess or checkers. Another object is to're'nderthe' game of chess hi ing the old-fashioned ures and substituting therefor flat pieces o paper. or cardboard provided with representations of modern battle units and war paraphernalia and the y like. y l. With' these and-other objects in view the invention consists of .certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown andde'- scribed and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

' Apractical embodiment of the. invention is re resented in the accompanying draw- Bart of this specification, in aracters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa plan View* of the game appa ratus;

Figs. 2r and 3 are obverse and reverse views of one of the playing pieces; and j as isused for p1 similargames, t e fiel s or squares 11 being 4.

Figs. 4 and 5 are obverse and reverse views of another of the playing pieces.- l

On a sheet 10 of paper, t similar Vmaterial are produced fields or squares 11 printed in distinguishing colors, preferably white and black,in alternate relation and surrounded by. v an ornamental border 12 to constitute a layinglboard such layin c ess, c eckers'and preferably siXtyfour in numlber. `On the sheet 10is also produced by'l printing or otherwisel two strips 14 and -15 of playing ypieces 16 and 17 andhavingdefining marks 18 and 19 to ing the playing pieces from each other by cutting out the 4playing pieces with scissors or other cuttin implements. lThe playing pieces 16 and 1 have printed or otherwise specification of Letters retenu a citizen of the United States, and.

the invention lis to provide.

ghly interesting. by discardermit of conveniently', separat- Patented June 24, 1919.

Y2.5511918. Serial No.2551j4.

produced thereon'representations of modernv 1.

battle units and war paraphernalia, and the playlngneces of-the two strips 14 and 15 arearrange 1n pairs with the representations one from the other in color, that is, one playing piece of a pair is rinted in black -on a white background whi e the same representation of the other piece is printed in white on a black background, asplainly indicated in the drawings. In practice, the playin pieces have a value and are moved over the elds of the playing board corresponding to the figures now generally used in playingchess; 'for instance, as

lshown in the drawings, the representations marked,The colors y (see Figs. 1, 2 and. Y

represent the kings, the representations.

pieces upside down for playing checkers and like gaines. Y

A It is understood that when the players desire to `.play a game of chess or checkers,

the playing pieces 16 and 1 7 are cut out and set up on the fields' 11 in the usual manner of playing chess with: the representations up- 'e ward to readily indicate the value of the 'playingl pieces.

It i l be noticedthat thev game apparatus shown and' described canbe very cheaply manufactured and is exceedingly serviceable for the use'of travelers, soldiers in camps,

foryuse in hospitals and other institutions, p especially as no disinfecting ofthe game apparatus is'required as the one used can be thrown away owing to the exceeding cheap- `ness `at which the .game apparatus can be marketed. VAs the entire game apparatus `when marketed is on a single sheet, the latter can-be readily folded up and carried about in a pocket or other receptacle without tak- `ing up much room. y y

It is understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction ofthe game black or red an black or the like, to permit of using the 4 i l 60 of each pair alike in design but distinguished hoard produced by the alternating socalled hlack and n'hite squares, or the similar configuration of the playing pieces 16 and 17 as the same may be varied for playing other games besides chess and checkers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent:-

l. As an article of manufacture, a game apparatus for playing checkers, chess and .similar games, comprising a sheet having produced thereon playing fields and two sets of playing` pieces, the former forming an integral playing board and the latter being detachable from the sheet to be set up -and played on the fields of said board.

2. As an article of manufacture, a gaine apparatus for playing chess, checkers and similar games, comprising a sheet having produced thereon playing fields arranged to constitute a playing board, and two sets of detachable fiat playing pieces to be used on the said fields, and having representations thereon of modern war paraphernalia, the playing pieces of the tivo sets being arranged in pairs, the representations of each pair of playing. pieces being alike in design and dis tin Iguished one from the other by color.

8. its an article of manufacture, a game apparatus4 for playing checkers, chess and similar games` comprising a sheet having produced thereon playing fields arranged to constitute an integral playing board, and tivo sets o1' playingpieces integrally formed on the sheet adjacent the playing board, the

playing pieces being detachable from the sheet to be used on the playing hoard.

4. As an article of manufacture, a game apparatus for playing checkers, chess and similar gaines, comprising a sheet having i boundaries for the playing pieces to permit v of detaching the playing pieces from the sheet for use on the playing board.

5. As an article of manufacture, a game apparatus for playing chess, checkers and the like, comprising a sheet having a representation of a checker board and representations of tWo sets of playing pieces produced thereon, the sets of playing pieces heilig below the checker hoard and one below the other, the playing pieces of the sets being adapted to be separated from the sheet and from each other and set up upon the checker board.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a sheet of paper or the like having the rei'iresentation of a chess or checker hoard and the representations of tivo sets of playing pieces produced thereon, the playing pieces being adapted to be severed from the sheet and Set up on the, checker board` the opposing faces of the playing pieces having different characteristics to permit of their being` used for playing two diilerent games.

DAVID MORTTME'H MILLER. 

